AWS Cloud Practitioner

• Cloud operations and management: Manage and monitor cloud environments. This includes system deployments, networking, VPC creation and management, security group maintenance, storage volume management, and backup and recovery.
• Access and environment configuration: Work with customers to make sure environments are configured correctly and that access follows the principle of least privilege during stakeholder activities.
• Security and governance: Apply the AWS shared responsibility model, manage Identity and Access Management (IAM), and maintain compliance with applicable regulatory and DoD security standards.
• Cost management and optimization: Analyze AWS services and usage to find and implement cost savings.
• Performance and planning: Monitor system performance, support capacity forecasting, and contribute to cloud migration strategies.
• Technical support: Support project-based technical work and manage support tickets, keeping cloud environments secure and available.
• Documentation: Document builds, configurations, and process flows thoroughly so that every required task is recorded and repeatable.
• Verification and validation: Back up DI-NIL personnel on Verification and Validation (V&V) activities for the Digital Infrastructure Network.

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of prior relevant experience (additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree).
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
• US Citizen; Currently possessing an Active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to upgrade to a TS/SCI clearance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of AWS cloud concepts and experience applying them to DoD programs.
• Working knowledge of networking concepts.
• Working knowledge of government system security scanning (ACAS/Nessus) and remediation, with the ability to discuss security issues and concerns.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, isolate, and resolve technical issues.
• Experience participating in design reviews and providing customer-focused input.
• Demonstrated ability to take part in cross-functional planning, coordination, and execution across the full range of system integration activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including:
• briefing both technical and non-technical audiences
• collaborating with customer representatives, domain experts, and systems engineers
• Ability to work effectively with people from many disciplines and with varying levels of technical experience.
• *, * Master’s Degree with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• 4 years of DoD-based system security testing (ACAS/Nessus) and remediation with the ability to discuss security issues and concerns.
• Experience supporting Department of the Air Force programs.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and validating Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).
• Experience administering Windows and/or Linux operating systems.
• Experience designing and deploying networks, including validating network topologies for functionality, performance, stability, and scalability.
• Experience designing and validating cloud and edge computing and network solutions.
• Experience in integration, test, verification, and validation, including developing test methodologies and writing test specifications.
• Knowledge of test automation and test results analysis.
• Experience working on complex, multi-domain systems.
• Experience with Agile execution, including SAFe, and with tools such as Jira and Confluence.

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The Leidos Defense Sector provides advanced systems, solutions, and services across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. From enterprise IT and large-scale intelligence systems to cybersecurity, geospatial analytics, logistics, and training, we support some of the nation’s most critical defense missions. Our teams take on challenges where failure is not an option-and succeed.

We are seeking an experienced AWS cloud professional to support the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network and its supporting infrastructure in Orlando, FL. Our team helps the DAF field and operate its Digital Infrastructure (DI). In this role, you will take part in day-to-day operations and in the long-term maturation of complex, mission-critical systems., If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares., Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .